Mapping the Past for Chapter 11

Figure 11.1: MAPPING THE PASTMAP 11.1 The in Fourteenth-Century Europe The bubonic plague spread across Europe after beginning in the mid-1340s, with the first cases of disease reported in Black Sea ports.ANALYZING THE MAP When did the plague reach Paris? How much time passed before it spread to the rest of northern France and southern Germany? Which cities and regions were spared?CONNECTIONS How did the expansion of trade contribute to the spread of the Black Death?